In vivo dynamics of human medial gastrocnemius muscletendon complex during stretch-shortening cycle exercise

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Kubo, K ^a   Kanehisa, H ^a   Takeshita, D ^a   Kawakami, Y ^a   Fukashiro, S ^a   Fukunaga, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; Plantar flexion; Tendon structures; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS;

EID: 0033645852     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2000.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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